NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth

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NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth

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From CNN:
“(CNN) - Meteorites that crashed into Earth billions of years contain sugars, researchers say, lending support to the idea that asteroids may hold some of the ingredients to life.”

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/21/world/na ... index.html

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Re: NASA has found sugar in meteorites that crashed to Earth

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Ooooo! Interesting!
This may suggest a new way of determining if the weird rock you found is a meteorite or not.
Never mind magnetic properties or ablation scars: Is it covered in ants ? :chocolate:
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